Donald Curry Vs Oscar De La Hoya @ 147

No, not at all.

He was a very technical boxer-puncher.Still the best since Leonard and Hearns at Welter.

He wasn't durable and couldn't cope with awkward aggressive fighters, but DLH is not that kind of boxer.

 

Have you even seen Curry fight? Obviously not if comparing he and Jackson.

 

:huh

He was anything but.

 

He was special for a short period .....Curry in 1983- 1985 was close to perfection in boxing skills .....

 

:good

 

Be honest, exactly what fights have you seen and how much of them?

 

A prime Curry gives Oscar a boxing lesson.
Curry UD.

 

Ah, just a short few including a hammering. Even the McCallum loss showed us what a talented boxer Curry had been just a short time before. Starling and LaRocca are good tussles too.

 

It would be a good struggle for a while. Curry couldn't take the pounding for long. & he didn't have the power to due serious damage to De La Hoya. A couple of hard shots & Curry would be down & out about the eighth.

 

IMHO its easy to forget just how good Curry was at 147 in those years before making the weight told. It maybe doesn't look as impressive looking back on paper as it was at the time. I'd take a prime Curry over a prime 147 Oscar any day of the week.

 

At 147 he beat: Mcrory, Starling twice and Nino Larocca, along with 6-7 contenders. He is easily a top 10-15 welterweight of all times.

 

A peak Donald Curry had a very tight defense and was a very patient boxer. And when the opening presented itself he would strike. Oscar is a better all around boxer then most of the fighters Curry beat with the exception of Marlon Starling, a fighter who lost to Curry twice.

 

Starling, McCrory, LaRocca Hardly big bangers. Against a power puncher like De La Hoya. Curry's main weakness would be exposed. ability to take a big punch. Once he gets staggered, there would be no place to hide.

 

Both men were erratic and Sporatic and inconsistant, it depends on who was on that night